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ADOLPH ADAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO A. SCHWARZ & BROTHER AND PAOHNER &; ADAMS, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,351, dated April 19, 1881.

Application filed February 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gaps,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of caps having a band adapted to form an ear and. neck protector. Prior to my invention this band has been connected to the crown of the cap by an apron or skirt arranged to permit a sliding motion of the band, or the band has been connected directly to the crown to fold and unfold.

The object of my invention is to make such a connection of the band to the crown that the band is capable both of sliding and of folding and unfolding; and to this end it consists, in the combination with the crown, of a band connected to the crown by means of a folding apron or skirt, which is attached to the lower edge of the crown and the lower edge of the band, the apron or skirt being disconnected from the band at the front portion of the hat or cap, and thence extends loosely'around the front portion of the crown, all as hereinafter more fully described.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a longitudinal section, showing the upper position of the band. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, showing the band slid to a lower position. Fig. 4 is a side "iew thereof. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal 5 section, showing the band slid to a lower position and unfolded. Fig. 6 is aside view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. The letter A designates the crown, B the 40 hand, and O the folding apron or skirt, whereby the band is connected to the crown, this apron being attached to the lower edge of the crown, as by stitching d, and to the lower edge of the band, as by stitching e. -The width of 4 5 the apron or skirt O is approximately equal to that of the band B, and when, as in this example, the cap is provided with a visor, the apron extends along the back of the crown and terminates on its opposite sides, thus leaving the band disconnected at the front. When 0 the band B is not in use it is pulled or slid to an upper position, and the apron O is folded between it and the crown, as shown in Fig. 1, while when it is desired to use the band it is slid down to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the apron being thus unfolded and lyingflat against the inside of the band. When the band B has been brought to this position it is adapted to be unfolded away from the apron, and thereby reversed, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which case the apron becomes a portion of the band to increase the area thereof. The wearer is thus enabled to adjust the area of the band according to fancy or the state of the weather.

If desired, the apron O can be made of a similar material to the band, and when it is made of equal width thereto it forms a lining for the band, when the latter is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A hat or cap provided with the tapering band 0, attached at one edge to the lower portion of the crown, and the apron or skirt B, connected to the lower edge of the band and disconnected therefrom at the front portion, and thence extending loosely around the front of the crown, as set forth, the said band and the rear portion of the apron or skirt being arranged, as shown, to slide-vertically upward upon the exterior of the crown, to present a smooth exterior band, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH ADAMS.

Witnesses:

W. HAU'FF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

